On 27 Aug 2012, at 23:17, Brian Smith <br...@briansmithonline.com> wrote:
> Aaaaargh! It's happened! > > My 3-year old 27-inch iMac has seriously died. And yes, I do have Time > Machine backups (phew) so I'm able to restore essentials to my wife's > still-working 21-inch iMac. > > I've done my Googling so I know about physical failure, PCB failure, and what > the chances are (about zero). So the question is what should I do? > > As I see it I could: > Take it to KCRS for repair, > Buy a new HDD and do it myself, > Buy a new iMac, > Take the drive out and send it to an HDD-fixing place (such as > PCBSolution.com in the US), > All of the above, > None of the above, > Buy a PC (no, not that!) > > I would really appreciate any thoughts you may have and/or any help you can > offer (happy to pay). > > Many thanks in anticipation, > > Brian I would just swap out the drive. Quite simple to do. Plenty of how-to guides out there if you want to give it a go. I can swap it if you wish. Andy. _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
